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CLAUDE CAHUN (LUCY SCHWOB) | 'LA CHAMBRE DU CHAT'

Auction Closed

June 27, 03:32 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 9,000 USD

Lot Details

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CLAUDE CAHUN (LUCY SCHWOB)

1894 - 1954

'LA CHAMBRE DU CHAT'


signed, titled, and dated 1940 in ink on the reverse

gelatin silver print

6⅛ x 8¼ in.; 15.6 x 21 cm

1940.

Claude Cahun was a writer, actress, artist, and outspoken member of the Parisian lesbian community between the two world wars. In her series of inventive self-portraits, she embodied a wide array of masculine and feminine personas, often including her cat in the fanciful scenarios. In this seductive image, her feline friend takes center stage as it sunbathes on a miniature canopied bed.